Henning's Headquarters

[Karl Henning]

I'm at the "Let the final draught rest overnight" phase.

When I wrote this for Julian, he was on the faculty of Jacksonville Univ, but Florida vying with Texas to see which state is in a greater rush to embrace MAGA Whackjobbery, the University heads hollowed out its intellectual and cultural capital,  Julian left that position and sought employment elsewhere. He's now working with less experienced singers so that Retreat is not a realistic ask. It occurs to me today to try to find another opportunity for the premiere.

[Karl Henning]

An old RCA recording of the Symphony #2 ("Mysterious Mountain") was my introduction to his music back in the mid 1960's.

Note that he got top billing over Prokofiev AND Stravinsky!!!

I became skeptical that he might just be "cranking things out" later (cf. Maestro Segerstam and his 371 (Sic!) symphonies).  Perhaps this little duet was something he cranked out with little care.

On the other hand...as Wile E. Coyote once said: "Even a genius can have an off day!"

Falling in love all over again with the Mysterious Mountain.

[Karl Henning]

Kevin Scott, Offertories (working title)

Just had a touch-base phone call with Kevin, who has some heavy stuff going on which has perforce distracted from the piece. He is rethinking the piece, no longer a set of short pieces but a single elegiac movement, 5-6 minutes.

[Karl Henning]

Advancing on "Retreat"

[Karl Henning]

Moose Update

I've now finished m. 143 (of 192) so I'm downing tools for the day. Will finish handily tomorrow.

[Karl Henning]

I've now finished m. 143 (of 192) so I'm downing tools for the day. Will finish handily tomorrow.

It's only MIDI

[Karl Henning]

The Moose Is Again Loose

[Karl Henning]

I've gotten a mildly whimsical notion to whip up a short point of imitation piece.

[Kalevala]

It's only MIDI

Hi Karl,

Please pardon my ignorance, but what part is the electronic organ (?) playing?  Sorry, but I'm trying hard to give it a fair shot.   

By the way, just in case our British friends here might not know, there's a bylaw in a number of states and our northern neighbors that one must own a MINIMUM of one moose-related object [preferably one bought per year] or face serious disciplinary actions--including being thrown out of ones state/country.

K

[Karl Henning]

Sorry, but I'm trying hard to give it a fair shot.

Warmly appreciated, indeed!

The scoring is Piccolo (doubling C Flute) Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet & Bassoon.
I think you may mean the piccolo, whose sound in this sound library is at times suggestive of a calliope

[Karl Henning]

Charm School

[Karl Henning]

The Good, the Dubious and the Imponderable

[Karl Henning]

The Good, the Dubious and the Imponderable

In this post I gave the impression that I would wait in this, but I seemed to get a bead on the fixed media for Aaron's Uneasy Sleep

https://audio.com/karl-henning-1/audio/test-for-fixed-media-for-op

[Karl Henning]

Sleepers, Just Stop Sleeping

[Karl Henning]

One of the Henning Christmas scores from the dawn of the present century whereof Eric and Greta have kept warm thoughts all this while is an arrangement of Joseph and Mary, a carol which I discovered in the "old" Episcopal hymnal (must be two generations behind, now). They discovered the original score of my Opus 53 among their papers. That arrangement was for flute (I have no notion at this point of who might have played flute then—unless perhaps we hired Peter for the occasion) clarinet (yrs truly) bassoon (Greta) trumpet (Eric) handbells (I'm not convinced that we got anyone to ring them for that first performance) and organ (the late Bill Goodwin.)
My own fondness for the carol may be judged by the fact that 15-ish years later I adapted the arrangement for HTUMC in Danvers: Violin (Pastor Larry's daughter plays beautifully) expanded handbells, and adding Youth Choir. Also, it looks like I recomposed the organ part so that part of my process now is deciding whether to use one or the other, or to meld them. As with reconstruction of Moose on the Loose, the hard part was getting the ball rolling. I am now roughly half done. I may possibly get in some more work before PT tomorrow, but on the whole I'm planning to finish it Saturday or Sunday.

In this post I gave the impression that I would wait in this, but I seemed to get a bead on the fixed media for Aaron's Uneasy Sleep

https://audio.com/karl-henning-1/audio/test-for-fixed-media-for-op

At times I've been looping this. I pretty much think I like it.

[Karl Henning]

One of the Henning Christmas scores from the dawn of the present century whereof Eric and Greta have kept warm thoughts all this while is an arrangement of Joseph and Mary, a carol which I discovered in the "old" Episcopal hymnal (must be two generations behind, now). They discovered the original score of my Opus 53 among their papers. That arrangement was for flute (I have no notion at this point of who might have played flute then—unless perhaps we hired Peter for the occasion) clarinet (yrs truly) bassoon (Greta) trumpet (Eric) handbells (I'm not convinced that we got anyone to ring them for that first performance) and organ (the late Bill Goodwin.)
My own fondness for the carol may be judged by the fact that 15-ish years later I adapted the arrangement for HTUMC in Danvers: Violin (Pastor Larry's daughter plays beautifully) expanded handbells, and adding Youth Choir. Also, it looks like I recomposed the organ part so that part of my process now is deciding whether to use one or the other, or to meld them. As with reconstruction of Moose on the Loose, the hard part was getting the ball rolling. I am now roughly half done. I may possibly get in some more work before PT tomorrow, but on the whole I'm planning to finish it Saturday or Sunday.
At times I've been looping this. I pretty much think I like it.

Maybe the rhythm is unnecessarily prominent. I'll try another mix.

[Karl Henning]

Of Joseph and Mary